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Family:

Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)

Primary Citation:

J. Arnold Arbor. 62: 344. 1981

Accepted Name:

This name is currently accepted.

Description:

Description: Evergreen, erect shrub to medium-sized tree to 3-7 m tall, with branching open and lax to rigidly ascending in vigorous young shoots; internodes near midpoint of branches of previous year 0.5-1.8 cm long (ave. 0.8-0.9), longer in rapidly growing branches. Leaf blades (2.5-)3-5(-6.8) x 0.7-2(-3) cm, ± flat to recurved; margin plane to slightly revolute toward petiole, apical portion obscurely and irregularly toothed to sinuous or entire; petiole 2-7.5 mm long. Flowers on pedicels 3-8 mm long. Calyx lobes 1-2 x 0.5-1.1 mm, abaxial surface glabrous; corolla ± cylindrical, 4.5-7 x 2-3.5(-4); filaments 3-4 mm long, anthers 1-1.5 mm long. Capsules ovoid to ellipsoid, 4-6.5(-7) x (2.5-)3-4.5(-5) mm.

Distribution: Dominican Republic and Haiti (Massif du Nord and Cordillera Central), in low-elevation Pinus occidentalis forests and thickets, at 100-1200 m elev. Flowering chiefly March through May.

Type: Dominican Republic. Cordillera Central, prov. de Monti Cristi [Dajabon], N of Restauración, ca. 700 m elev., 4 Jun 1926, Ekman H6249 (holotype, S; isotypes, IJ, NY, US).

Illustration: Judd (1995), fig. 12.

Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):

Lyonia truncata var. montecristina (Urb. & Ekman) Judd: [Article] Luteyn, James L., et al. 1995. Ericaceae, Part II. The Superior-Ovaried Genera (Monotropoideae, Pyroloideae, Rhododendroideae, and Vaccinioideae P.P.). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 66: 560.